USS Roosevelt (CVN 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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A native of Pensacola, Florida, Captain Charles S. Abbot graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1966 and reported to the guided missile destroyer USS HENRY B. WILSON CDDG-75 for duty as Missile Officer. In October 1967, Captain Abbot entered New College, Oxford University, England, as a Rhodes Scholar. After completing his graduate degree he attended flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1972. Captain Abbot then reported to VA- 122 at Lemoore, Califomia, for A-7E Corsair II Fleet Readiness Training and was assigned to Attack Squadron 27 on board USS ENTERPRISE CCVN-651. Captain Abbot completed U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Califomia, in 1976, and was assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, where he participated as a test pilot in the T-34C, T-A7C and FIA-18 projects. He was the first attack pilot to fly the F!A-18 Homet. In February 1980 he joined VA-46 on board USS JOHN F. KENNEDY CCV-675. Following this tour, Captain Abbot served in VA-86 as Executive Officer and as Commanding Officer from June 1982 until June 1983. In July 1983, he entered the Naval Nuclear Power School, and in October 1984, reported to THEODORE ROOSEVELT CCVN-715 Precommissioning Unit as Executive Officer. He served as the first Executive Officer of the ship following commissioning in October 1986. After detaching from USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CCVN-715 in 1987, Captain Abbot attended the Program for Senior Officials in National Security at Harvard University prior to reporting for duty as Commanding Officer, USS CALOO- SAHATCHEE CAO-98j. In February 1989 he was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations for Commander SECOND FLEET, prior to being ordered for duty as Commanding Officer, USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CCVN-715. Captain Abbot is married to the former Marjorie Sellars of Cleveland, Ohio. They have three sons, Spencer, Sebastian, and Matthew, and reside in Grafton, Virginia.

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